European Union

Ray Donovan was US Labor Secretary under Ronald Reagan and a colorful figure. During his tenure he was indicted by a Bronx, NY grand jury on corruption charges stemming from a contract to build a subway line. The trial involved unions and the mob and was automatically sensational and the verdict turned on whether or […]

Used Software Pioneers Gain A Small Victory In A Shrinking On-Premises Software World The surprise July 3rd, 2012 judgment by the Court of Justice of the European Union for UsedSoft GmbH v Oracle International Corp rules that “An author of software cannot oppose the resale of his ‘used’ licenses allowing the use of his programs […]

It strikes me that the UK’s attitude to Europe has a lot in common with many IT people’s feelings about cloud computing. Many Brits seem happiest about Europe when it’s at arms-length — useful for occasional visits and an important source of business, but not to be trusted closer to home. IT feels the same […]

Here is this Friday’s Green Numbers round-up: 11 Siberian tigers starve to death at Chinese zoo Eleven Siberian tigers died of starvation in north-eastern China’s Liaoning province after a cash-strapped zoo fed them only chicken bones, state media said Friday. The 11 tigers died over the past three months at the privately run Shenyang Forest […]

Over the past few months, I’ve had numerous correspondences with
Ivalua’s North American team as it’s started to pick up steam
Stateside. Ivalua, despite its
lack of brand recognition outside of the European market, offers one of
the mark…

The thinking in most of the tech industry is we don’t need government intervention – at least not in the enterprise side of the business. Big corporations don’t need protection. They can hold their own against the big vendors. I…

(photo CC 2.o attribution, thanks to g-hat!)
World leaders are gathering in Pittsburgh to discuss banking reform and other pressing matters. According to the Guardian, the discussions are likely to be rocky.
European leaders appeared to be on a collision course tonight with Barack Obama and Gordon Brown after Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, warned that […]